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…d by private equity intent on accessing internal financials for mergers and acquisitions. Once LTCMs are consolidated into a few corporations, they'll serve as chokepoints in funding streams between Medicaid/Medicare and providers in the same way pharmacy benefit managers choke the flows between funders, drug manufacturers, and pharmacies (e.g., [video ).
The idea of a PBM-style player within long-term care gives me nightmares.
Case managers —people specializing in supportive counseling, communication, and coordination of care— have been vital to my teams for decades. Working together over time, they learn how I think and I learn more about communication styles that work best in various…